"Can my boss shout at me?" Stressed employees ask Google

Stressed-out employees are turning to Google to ask for advice on their bosses’ behaviour, according to research from First4Lawyers.

The employment law firm entered simple phrases such as “Can my boss”, “Can my manager” and “Is my boss allowed to” into the Google search engine to discover the questions most associated with these search queries.

While innocent search queries such as “Can my boss sign my passport’ were found amongst all three search terms, inappropriate employer related queries were also apparent in the query suggestions.

Privacy concerns featured highly amongst employee searches, with common queries including “Can my boss record me at work?”, “Can my boss read my emails?” and “Can my boss come to my house?”